NAME: Burton M. Altura, Ph.D.
DEPT: Physiology & Medicine
ORGANIZATION: SUNY Health Science Center
ADDRESS: Brooklyn, NY
TELEPHONE No: (718) 270-2194
FAX No:(718) 270-3103
E MAIL ADDRESS:
TITLE:Professor

TOTAL GRANTS: 2
TOTAL PUBLICATIONS: 800
MEMBERSHIPS ON EDITORIAL BOARDS: Frontiers in Bioscience, Alcohol, Magnesium & Trace Elements, Microcirc. Endothelium & Lymphatics, Prostaglandins, Leukothenes & Medicine, Artery

SUBJECT(S) OF RESEARCH: Cardiovascular biology
DISCIPLINE(S): Physiology and biochemistry
ORGAN SYSTEMS: Brain, heart and blood vessels
TISSUES: Brain heart and blood vessels
CELL(S): Vascular smooth muscle, endothelial cells; astrocytes; CA1 hippocompal cells, cardiomyocytes
MOLECULE(S): Mg24, calcium, alcohol, cocaine, anesthetic agents
TECHNIQUE(S): 31p-NMR-microcirculation, cell culture, reflectance spectroscopy, digital image analysis, confocal laser scanning microscopy